How Messi and Ronaldo’s international records compare to the all-time greats – PF
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the all-time top scorers for two great footballing nations, but how do their international records stack up against the sport’s most legendary figures?
We’ve compared their goalscoring records for Argentina and Portugal to those of Miroslav Klose (the World Cup’s all-time top goalscorer), Gerd Muller (remarkably prolific for West Germany), Iranian icon Ali Daei (the all-time international goalscorer), Pele (Brazil’s all-time top scorer), Maradona (Argentina’s most beloved player) and Brazilian Ronaldo (who held the World Cup record before Klose).
Note: we’ve included assists and minutes-per-goal for Messi, Ronaldo and Klose, because the data is available, but have omitted those stats (and penalties where unavailable) from the rest, where such data hasn’t been recorded for all of their games.
Read the article at Planet Football.
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